Press Briefing Monday, 20 July 2009

Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi addressed the media today.


Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi said that the bell tolls for the UP Chief Minister. The fear, the frustration and the hypocrisy is writ large on the actions and the reactions of the UP Chief Minister and the BSP Government in their daily deeds and statements. They are completely unsettled by the language and by the style and by the conduct of Shri Rahul Gandhi who speaks the language of development, pro-poor policies and the language of good governance. These are the words and adjectives which the UP Chief Minister does not and cannot understand. If they do not understand and realize this, they are sure to suffer the huge anger of the aam-aadmi of Uttar Pradesh. The anger of the aam-aadmi of Uttar Pradesh is reeling under mis-governance, no law and order, no power and no industrialization is evident everywhere. Ms. Mayawati is giving figures but does she tell you that in the last 12-15 years less than 600 or 610 Mega watts has been added in Uttar Pradesh. What about UP‘s own contribution. Does she tell you that the Bahujan Samaj Party has become synonymous with the Ramakant Yadavs the Anna Shuklas, Mukhtar Ansaris; who are not only history-sheeters but accused in many cases serving for serious crimes. Another element in that continuous chain has seen a new addition just a few days ago, Intzar Ahmed Abdi – one of the principal accused involved in the hooliganism, vandalism and arson last week - has been appointed the Chairman of the State Sugar Corporation with the rank of a Minister of State.

Dr. Singhvi said that there is obviously an attempt to send a message to the State Administration and to the State Police. And then we have the joke of referring to the so-called CID of the State. This is nothing but an intended cover-up. This is nothing but an intended exercise to legitimize an illegality to provide a validation. Ms Mayawati cannot begin to understand that the true Yuvraj are those who live in the hearts and minds of the people in a democracy because it is only by making a place in the heart and the mind, in a democracy that we can claim to be a democratic ‘Yuvraj’ and not by going on a megalomaniac spree of building personal statues because personal statues do not make you a ‘Maharani’. But being in the hearts and minds of the people does make you a ‘Yuvraj’. Unless the sooner the UP Government and Ms. Mayawati realize this basic truth of Indian democracy and realize that they cannot continue to fool all the people all the time on all the issues. Unless Ms. Mayawati stops practicing the politics of personal vendetta, personal glory and a personal power, she will neither see the writing on the wall and she will not notice when the tsunami of the people’s power sweeps her office.

To a further question with regard to the legal fight between the two Ambani brothers, Dr. Singhvi said that there is absolutely nothing for him to say apart from what has already been said by the concerned Minister. The matter is already subjudice in the Hon’ble Supreme Court. It was heard today as well. It is entirely between the two entities in which the Government is also putting its point of view. The Hon’ble Court will decide the matter. There is no question for him to say anything at all. The Congress party is not going to comment on such matters.

On the question of Pakistan and India on terrorism, Dr. Singhvi said that this has been the achievement of the Government of India that the Pakistan Government has admitted for the first time that their territory was used by the terrorists for carrying out their activities. This is not a small achievement. Even Hillary Clinton, Secretary of State of US has said yesterday that there is a syndicate of terror in Pakistan and she also assured of taking appropriate steps.

To a further question over the statement of Shri Advani, Dr. Singhvi said that the BJP had done nothing during their tenure of 5 years and he raised a question to Mr. Advani as to what their Government had done to curb the terrorism. Dr. Singhvi further said that Shri Advani is trivializing the matter.


 

(Tom Vadakkan)

Secretary, AICC